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-WILLIAM Ie MILLER, or CANTON, OIIIO, VAssIoNOIt To o, AULTMAN ANDrCOMPANY, 4or THE SAME I LAoE.

Lafer@ Patent No. 68,642, daad september 41o, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1N HAEvEsrEns.

TO AL'L WHOM IT MAY CONGERN: i 4 Y Be it known that I, WILLIAM K.MILLER, of Canton, in the county of Stark, Aand State of Ohio,have'invented certain new and useful improvements in a Dropping orDelivering `.Apparatus or MechanismIfor 4Harvesting Machines; and Idohereby declare th'e followingV toV be a full, clear, and ,exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of thisY specification, in ,which-6 Figurellreprcsents a top plan of a grain-table and its several connectedparts, together with the mechanism which I have devised for the deliveryof the grain therefrom in even gavels.

I Figure 2 represents a section through the grain-table from front torear, and showing the -bail donn upon I i the table, and the tableitself as in a horizontal position for-receiving and holdiugtheV cutgrain` as it falls.` Y

Figure 3 represent-s a similar'secticn, but showing the bail as raisedup to holdthe falling grain, whilst the table is dropped to'allow thatupon it to slide oi upon the lground withoutxbeing dribhledor held bytho falli-ng grain.`

Figure 4 represents an end elevation of that side of the platform andits several connections next the main frame.

I Similar letters of reference, Where they `Occur in the separateiigures,rdenoteilike part-s of the `mechanismI in all the drawings. A

It' in delivering the grain from the platform on to the ground, thestalks that are being eht' are allowed to fall 'upon it, they willcatch, hold, and`tangle it, and thus make uneven gavels. i I

The object and pui-pose of my invention is to catch and momentarily holdthe falling grain, and keep it` separatefrom that which is to heslid oilfrom the platform on to the ground, and thus prevent tangling of -thestalks; and' my invention consists in combining with the platform orgrain-tableof a harvesting machine, a I

bail-holder, or other equivalent device, that will. lieV upon theplctform-whilstI-enough grain is accumulating there to form a gavel, andthen he capable of being raised up to` start the gevel, and thencatchand hold the? i i groundand, as the `platform rises,:

Agrain that is falling until the gavel previously gathered is deliveredon to the 'g again fall upon the Iplatform for another similaroperation.

To enable otherssltilled in the art to make andnse my invention, Ivwllproceed to-desoribe the same with. I

reference to the drawings. I

VA may represent the linger-bar of a'harvesting machine, tomwhich thelingers or, guards in .rhiclrthe` I,

sickle works, are attached. C is the inside, and D the outside shoe ordivider. E is ahingedconnectionlby ,I i

which the platfornand cutting apparatus are united to the main frame.The platform` ol'grain-tableF is made; of slats, and pivoted at a a tothe side pieces G G, so that the rear of Vs'aid platform or grain-'tablemay he` le down and raised up by the operator as occasion may require,and for which purposeI have provided a; bent lever, H, that is fastenedto the platform-beamh, andthen-extends up and towards the4 position ofthe operatonlso that he may with his footlct dorm or `raise iip the rearof said platform. Towards the rear the .platf0rm,", I

as atb, are hinged, atiopposite sides thereof, the two ends of Ywhat Iterm a bail,II,`and `this bail, in extending I forward,rests uponfulcra-pins or rollers set in the side pieces G, which are so unitedwith thc respective shoes--` I or dividers and finger-bestens to be{ix-m andstationary therewith. Suppose the bail to be in' the positionshowin I in iig. 2, and the machine to be in motion, 'the stalk willfall upon the platformor grain-table, whilst the butts i will restuponlthe hail. Now, when suicient stalks have accumulated to Ineke agavel, the operator presses` upon the lever H, ldrawing it dovvnward andbackward, which drops therear of the grain-tahle and allows the Istub'ble toca-tch and draw o the gavel. Atthe same instant that theplatformdrops the bailI rises up, loo-sen#` I ing and raising up thehutts'of the straws and starting'them haelt, and thus allowing `thegavellto move off;I

evenly and in good shape. By reversingthepressureof thc foot theplatform rsesvat its rear and the hail falls upon it, and both are readyto receive another charge of grain to form another gavel. Whilst thebailis `upI which is but for n n-lement, the' falling grain will restagainst it, but whenit falls then the grain falls also, and thistemporary holding of the falling grain and keeping it Vseparate fromthat which is being slid oii`,from the j platform prevents much tanglingof the straws.

Having thus fully described the nature, object, and purpose of myinvention, what I claim therein as new, i

and desireV to secure 'oy Letters Patent, is l I In combination withthegrain-table or platform, the hail I, working in connection therewith,for the `pur pose and in the manner substantially asherein set forth anddescribed.

W. K. MILLER.

Witnesses:

W. W. CLARK, J. H. 'SrDnALIh

